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No new additions to the regular series since #113 ("The Nearness of You" by Stéphane Grappelli) No new additions to the regular series since #113 ("The Nearness of You" by Stéphane Grappelli)

:: BUMP :: I'm about to finalize my selections! In good time to allow for mailing some discs if required, I hope! So, please post here or drop me a PM if you're in! The music has no theme, it's just some goodies and hopefully lots of stuff to discover for most of you - no stylistic barriers in there, either... covering about eight decades (though not necessarily as far as styles go). It's a one-disc BFT, and I hope this will widen participation a bit. I'll be in touch with you, jeff, just in case anyone in the US prefers an actual (MP3/M4A-sourced) CDR. Same offer is good for Europe, I'll take care of that, myself!

Happy Birthday, Tom! All the best! :party:

Yes, another beauty. I bought that after seeing it done live in London. If you enjoy that one, you really ought to check out some of Marco Zurzolo's Banda M.V.M. discs! I have these two: Beautifully recorded as all Egea releases, and more leaning towards Arabian influences, using the oud and plenty of percussion, too... here's the description for "Pulcinella" from the site:

Ecclesiastes Charles Mingus Charlie Brown

Yes, that's one of the finest for me, too! Then there's this one:

Yeah, Uotha is positively GREAT! Angeli is plain amazing! If I read mediterranean, I also think of some Italian stuff... Zurzolo and his "banda" (several discs on Egea that betray the "artsy" feel of that label). Mediterranean is more maghrebinian/arab music and european music rather than "african", really... there's some great stuff to discover there, for sure... but I feel like I've only just scratched the surface... Didn't you mention Maurice El Medioni? I've got his "Pianoriental" disc... pretty nice one, too! If you're thinking Spain, you might as well go beyond "jazz" limits and check out Radi Tarifa or the fine "Cal" by Son de la Frontera or Benjamin Escoriza's solo disc ("Alevanta") - though that's more andalucian than spanish... also Yasmin Levy is doing some fine stuff... though jazz content is non-existent there...

Just finished my fist listen to what must be the most evasive of all Verve Originals, at least in my hometown... Quite nice, really!

Etta Jones Strangers in Paradise Lounge Lizards

Those label-centered sets are true treasure troves! I LOVE the HRS set, and I love lots of what's on the Capitol box, too! I'd have loved a Continental set or other such label-centered releases (and of course I do not have the Commodore boxes).

And in Gerald Wilson's great 40s big band, too!

yeah, and your feet's too big

Next up you'll get Julian Dash, too! Great set!

No'Jo (um, that's the "in print" list, in case anyone wonders...)

Burning Spear Marcus Garvey Max Roach

Had no idea she was still around... all I got of hers is that LPR CD reissue of "The Jerome Kern Songbook" - but that was a very pleasant surprise! r.i.p.

I got those and enjoyed them all. The Barney Wilen (Dear Prof. Leary) is great as well! Then I've got the Dave Pike Set and the Sugarcane discs... I think that's all I've bought so far. They're way over the top as far as price is concerned, and the liners are a bit... dilletant, but nice. The reproduction of the album covers are done very nicely though, and sound has never bothered me in any way (I'm no audiophile so I won't say it's "great" or "good" or "ok" or whatever... as long as nothing bothers me, I'm happy...) Ah, got the Hammer, too... The weirdest choice of them all is the George Duke, since there's a (very enjoyable) 4CD set done by Universal music... why duplicate anything when they have such a limited catalogue at Promising Music's? And I do want to get the Don Ellis, eventually, and mostly I want "Jazz Meets India"!

I suggested that by pm already... wasn't sure it was opportune/allowed to post it in the open... I lost touch with forum rules in this respect.

posted this elsewhere as part of a larger list... Hans' math is correct of course (as we all knew back when the new millenium was welcomed one year too soon), so the first four may or may not count... no discoveries such as the Monk/Trane Carnegie Hall or the Diz/Bird Town Hall, just new stuff (years given are years of recording, not necesarily of release): Sonny Rollins - This Is What I Do (Milestone 2000) Irene Schweizer - Chicago Piano Solo (Intakt 2000) Cecil Taylor - The Willisau Concert (Intakt 2000) Eric Watson - Full Metal Quartet (Owl 2000) Gianni Gebbia - Arcana Major/Sonic Tarots Session (Rastascan 2001) Carlo Actis Dato - Istanbul Rap (yvp 2002) Derek Bailey - Ballads (Tzadik 2002) Erik Friedlander - Maldoror (Brassland 2002) Irene Schweizer & Pierre Favre - Ulrichsberg (Intakt 2003) Atomic - The Bikini Tapes (Jazzland 2004) Jacques Coursil - Minimal Brass (Tzadik 2004) Richard Galliano - Ruby, My Dear (Dreyfus 2004) Septeto Rodriguez (Roberto Juan Rodriguez) - Baila! Gitano Baila! (Tzadik ca. 2004) Belmondo & Yusef Lateef - Influence (B Flat 2005) Don Friedman - From A to Z (Act 2005) David Liebman / Richie Beirach / Ron McClure / Billy Hart - Redemption: Quest Live in Europe (Hat 2005) Paul Shapiro - It's In the Twilight (Tzadik 2005) Colin Vallon - Ailleurs (Hat 2006)

Happy Birthday, Andy! :party:

that other thread made me dig out: Brownie: The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown CD3 in the player right now!

It's a bit of a mess, but yes, it seems all is included, even those titles without Brown. We're speaking of one long session - August 14, 1954 - that yielded plenty of music, taking up all of disc 5 and disc 6 of the "Brownie" set. Those titles were on : MG 36000 - Dinah Jams Featuring Dinah Washington MG 36002 - V.A. - Jam Session Two more titles (Crazy He Calls Me, I'll Remember April) ended on EmArcy (J) 195J 2 "Clifford Brown - Jams 2", which also contained additional titles from the August 11, 1954 date (of which the main part ended up on Various Artists - Best Coast Jazz (EmArcy MG 36039) (just two side-long titles, "Coronado" and "You Go to My Head") and on MG 36102 - Clifford Brown All Stars - Caravan (again, two side-long titles). The 10CD box contains some more takes - all the music recorded on both dates.

That's great news! Glad then I held out on buying the Lonehill!

I'm at work now... will have to check the discographies later, but to my best of knowledge, it's all included in the Brownie box (at least that's what I've been assuming all these years). It's a magnificent box anyway, with all the Brown/Roach music (alternate takes included)... and some of the finest by Helen Merrill and Sarah Vaughan, too.